Windows 8 failure
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- SteveJobs0
i've played with windows 8. while it's nothing too spectacular, i really appreciate what they've done, especially when paired with the microsoft surface:
essentially you have a full pc. you plug in a keyboard and mouse into the provided usb ports, your monitor to the hdmi port, boot up and switch to desktop mode to use windows the way you always have.
then, you unplug everything, take the surface with you, go to a coffee shop or hop on a plane or whatever, boot up and swith to metro mode (or desktop still if you prefer), all crafted for an experience best suited for a mobile touchscreen device.
the mac equivelent doesn't exist, but if it did, you'd be able to do the same but switch between ios and mac os. then, however, they'd have to outfit their tablet line with standard io ports and tarnish that clean exterior shell, which in my opinion is kinda old and boring by today's standards... lucky for me i'm already more of a windows user than mac and make my living as such.. good for me.
- Yeh man, a touch tablet interface and full desktop computer in one box is the futureHombre_Lobo
- Shame the rt pro tablet is so expensive. But it's progress.Hombre_Lobo
- Also welcome back! been a while iircHombre_Lobo